From the Detroit News. :

Why do you live where you do? 

In other cities, this might be an academic question.  In Metro Detroit, the mounting challenges to existence make the question more urgent. With Detroit's "tragedy" splashed on Time magazine's cover, its plight the subject of constant media scrutiny, there's never been a more poignant moment to try to understand why we live here. 

But the answers don't come easily. 

A study released this morning --"Soul of the Community," commissioned by the Knight Foundation and conducted by the Gallup polling organization -- examines the mindsets of 26 American communities, trying to ferret the unseen forces that compel residents to attach and stay in their areas, to love where they live.